Arve Henriksen: Places of Worship

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If the jazz trumpet is usually the instrument of party-night rabble-rousing,
then Henriksen’s contemplative voice is the polar, or at least Norwegian,
opposite. On his fifth solo album, using a sound like a Japanese flute, he
conjures meditative tone poems inspired by religious buildings and ruins.
From the dreamy trip-hop of Saraswati to the classical drama of Portal these
are tunes of rare delicacy. Remember New Age music? It’s like that but
better. (Rune Grammofon, out Mon)